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KENNEDY'S CLASSIFICATION

Kennedy's classification system categorizes partial edentulism into four distinct classes, providing a comprehensive framework for understanding various cases of missing teeth. Class I involves missing teeth on both sides without any abutment, featuring two free posterior saddles, and includes four subclasses.

KENNEDY'S CLASSIFICATION

KENNEDY'S CLASSIFICATION

4 CLASSES

CLASS IV
MISSING ANTERIOR TEETH

ONE FREE ANTERIOR SADDLE

NO SUBCLASSES

CLASS III
DISCONTINUOUS SET OF TEETH WITH POSTERIOR ABUTMENT

ONE NOT TOTALLY FREE POSTERIOR SADDLE

CLASS II
MISSING TEETH ON ONE SIDE WITHOUT ABUTMENT

ONE FREE POSTERIOR SADDLE

CLASS I
MISSING TEETH ON BOTH SIDES WITHOUT ABUTMENT

TWO FREE POSTERIOR SADDLES

4 SUBCLASSES

FUNCTIONS

IT GIVES INDICATIONS ON HOW TO PLAN AN INTERVENTION
IT CAN DESCRIBE A SPECIFIC CASE

DEFINITION

IT SUMMARISES ALL THE POSSIBLE CASES OF PARTIAL EDENTULISM INTO 4 CLASSES
EDENTULISM: ABSENCE OF TEETH